A House on Liberty Street
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BOOK TWO - Plane in the Lake
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When the well-heeled owners of a crashed tour plane seek to pin the blame on the two-man team that does their maintenance, Tony is called to defend the outgunned partners. He’s up against one of Chicago’s preeminent law firms, a win-at-all-costs behemoth with resources that dwarf those of Tony’s mom and pop firm. Only the truth can save his clients, yet Tony’s search for facts is thwarted at every turn by adversaries who will stop at nothing to win. Suddenly, Tony is not only fighting to win a lawsuit… he’s in a race to save the most precious people in his life.
BOOK THREE - A Case of Betrayal
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A woman is brutally slain and suspicion immediately falls upon her ex-husband. But should it? The suspect turns to Tony Valenti for help. The case is a bewildering maze with a mountain of contradictory evidence that points both to and away from Tony’s client. What is the truth? Even Tony isn’t sure of his client’s innocence in a case where nothing is as it seems. Then a lethal terror from Tony’s past surfaces to shake his faith in himself… and to threaten those dearest to him. Is Tony being pulled in too many directions to save anyone?
BOOK FOUR - A Time for Reckoning
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Tony Valenti and Penelope Brooks are enlisted to come to the aid of a young woman when her marriage turns sour in a remote corner of Wyoming. They don’t usually practice law in Wyoming, but representing vulnerable clients who are battling impossible odds is what they do. They are quickly embroiled in a fight that may quite literally be to the death., with danger coming at Tony from several directions. Ill-equipped to face the battles he’s forced to wage, he must rely on his guile and the help of unexpected allies to survive long enough to rescue his client… and himself.
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Acknowledgments
There are a great many people to thank for helping to make this book possible. As the gestation period of A House on Liberty Street sometimes feels like it’s been several lifetimes long, some of you may have forgotten reading it at all! A huge thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to read and comment on the story at some point: Susan Turner, Kyle Turner, Howard and Sharon Cornick, Free Dorfman, Diane Jurcin, Steve Petillo, Kim Strickland, Bridget Sabbia, others who chose not to have their name set in print, and anyone I’ve inadvertently left off this list (I’m so sorry!). Each and every one of you helped make this a better book as I’ve lurched in fits and starts along the way to publication. You have my unending gratitude. I’d be remiss not to mention the many people who’ve also helped me along the way at conferences, by writing how-to books and blogs, delivering courses, and all of you who shared your talents in workshops, not to mention all the members of networking groups I’ve been lucky enough to belong to. As solitary an endeavor as writing can be, people like you ensure that it need not be a lonely journey.
A big shout out as well to the amazing professionals who helped to get A House on Liberty Street across the finish line. For editing, my thanks to Erin Scothorn and Lucia Ferrara for making things so much better. To my brilliant cover and interior designer, David Prendergast, many thanks for patiently nursing a novice through the design process and producing a cover many leagues beyond what I had imagined possible. I hope the book is as good as its cover!
About the Author
Neil discovered the thrill of losing himself in the pages of a book as a five- or six-year-old when Beatrix Potter and Thornton Burgess immersed him in the worlds of Jerry Muskrat, Peter Rabbit, and their furry friends. His mother and father had the good grace to indulge his excitement about being able to read them stories, which he thought was pretty darned cool. He’s been reading and writing one thing or another ever since, but it was many years before the audacious idea of writing a book wormed its way into his head. He’s lived throughout Canada, spent three years in Europe, and lived in Chicago and Arizona, somehow managing to squeeze a career in banking and finance into his travels. After doing an apprenticeship reading, reading, reading, taking courses, attending seminars and conferences, and churning out some truly atrocious manuscripts, After doing an apprenticeship reading, reading, reading, taking courses, attending seminars and conferences, and churning out some truly atrocious manuscripts, he began writing and stockpiling the Tony Valenti series of thrillers. The series will total four published novels by the end of 2021, plus a free prequel novella for members of my exclusive Reader’s Club. There will be more titles to come in 2022 and beyond, probably at the rate of two or three per year . Stay tuned!
Neil lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.